Central bank autonomy: Lessons from global trends

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-296

  Arnone, Marco ^c   Laurens, Bernard J ^a   Segalotto, Jean François ^c   Sommer, Martin ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b IMF

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 66949119673     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/imfsp.2008.25     Document Type: Article

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